Request for Quote (RFQ) - 951700-25-Q-0011 - AMENDMENT 00001.pdf

RFQ # 951700-25-Q-0011

Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) Digitization of the OCB Tape Library

Amendment 00001:

The purpose of this Amendment 00001 is to provide responses to pre-submission inquiries.

All inquiries are hereby answered. The quotation due date and time remains unchanged. Please see Attachment D for Government responses to pre-submission inquiries.

General Information

Solicitation Number: Request for Quotation (RFQ) 951700-25-Q-0011 Requirement Title Digitization of the OCB Tape Library

Questions Due Date: Friday, February 21, 2024, at 3:00pm Eastern Standard Time

(EST)

Quotation Due Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at 12:00pm EST Contract Type: Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Set Aside: 100% Small Business Set-Aside Method of Evaluation Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code:

518210 - Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

Contracting Office Address

U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Office of Contracts 330 Independence Ave, SW Washington, DC 20237

Description

The Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB) oversees Radio and Television Martí at its headquarters in Miami, Florida. The Martí’s are a multimedia hub of news, information and analysis that provide the people of Cuba with interactive programs seven days a week through satellite television and shortwave and AM radio, as well as through emails, DVDs, and SMS text. Combined with the online platform, martinoticias.com, the Martí’s are a one-of-a-kind service that brings unbiased, objective information to all Cubans.

Under this contract, the Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, and services necessary to perform the Digitization of the OCB Tape Library.

This is a notice that this contract is a total set-aside for small business (100% Small Business set-aside in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19,502-2(a)). Only quotations submitted by small businesses will be accepted by the Government. Any quote that is submitted by a contractor that is not small business will not be considered for award. The associated NAICS code for this procurement is

518210DC.

Schedule of Items/Price Schedule

Project Description: Digitization of the OCB Tape Library

Contractor Name: __________________________________ Contractor UEI: ___________________

• See Attachment C – Price Schedule

Schedule Notes:

a. The Government requests that offerors propose a Line-Item Number structure as identified in the solicitation.

b. One award will be made from this solicitation, contractors must submit pricing for all items.

Place of Performance:

USAGM OCB

4201 NW 77 AVE

Miami, FL 33166

Evaluation Factors

Offers submitted in response to this RFQ shall include a price quotation in response to the Schedule for Items/Price Schedule.

Technical Quotation – The offeror shall provide a narrative detailing their technical approach for the execution of the work per the Statement of Work (SOW) (Attachment A), and within the timeline scheduled for this requirement. The technical quotation will be evaluated and rated either Acceptable or Unacceptable.

Price Quotation – Provide the quotation for the items listed on the Schedule for Items/Price Schedule.

The pricing totals represents the maximum amount the Government should expect to pay for the quantities listed.

DEVIATIONS FROM THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE ITEMS LISTED UNDER THE SCHEDULE OF

ITEMS SECTION OF THE RFQ WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Basis for Award

Award shall be made to the offeror whose quotation is determined to represent the overall best value to the Government using the LPTA evaluation process. After receipt of offers, the Government will first evaluate the lowest price quotation. If the lowest price quotation is determined to be technically acceptable and otherwise properly awardable, no further evaluations will be conducted, and award will be made. If, however, the lowest price offer is determined to be technically unacceptable and/or otherwise not properly awardable, further evaluations will be conducted.

The Government anticipates awarding a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract. The award will be a single award, FFP based on the technically acceptable lowest priced offer.

Offeror must have an active entity registration is the System for award Management (SAM) in order to submit an offer. https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

Additional Requirement Information

SUBMISSION: The requirements are Volume I - Technical, and Volume II – Price and Representations and Certifications. Files shall not contain classified data.

https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

Pre-submission inquiries regarding this solicitation must be submitted via Excel spreadsheet (Attachment D) to Christopher Capers via email at: CCapers@usagm.gov with a copy to the Contracting Officer Karoline E. Duffy via email at: KDuffy@usagm.gov.

Pre-submission inquiries must be submitted not later than Friday, February 21, 2025, at 3:00pm EST.

Responses to pre-submission inquiries submitted will be provided via an amendment to the solicitation.

Quotation Due Date:

Submissions shall be received not later than Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at 12:00pm EST. Submit offer by email to ccapers@usagm.gov so that is delivered into this inbox by the due date and time. It is the offerors responsibility to confirm receipt of the quotation from ccapers@usagm.gov. Only emailed quotes will be accepted.

Solicitation Attachments:

Statement of Work (SOW) Attachment A Terms and Conditions / Clauses Attachment B Price Schedule Attachment C Questions & Answers Spreadsheet Attachment D mailto:CCapers@usagm.gov mailto:KDuffy@usagm.gov mailto:ccapers@usagm.gov mailto:ccapers@usagm.gov